Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Thompson Rivers University
$100,000.00
Applied Mathematics and Optimisation
FY 2024-25
Summary
The program will address two inter-disciplinary themes: modelling of particle motility with special relevance to the immune system, and fluid flow underpinning landfill gas collection and control. Both systems' physical principles defy standard assumptions and hitherto have escaped conceptually accurate modelling with existing tools: particles in the immune system traverse media, whose intricate structure is difficult to capture mathematically; the landfill system combines several flow regimes, whose coupling creates non-trivial engineering complications. Novel analysis tools tailored to handle the peculiarities of these systems will be developed. Students will receive training in data analysis, scientific computation and visualization of results.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2020-00078
Name nom
Nec, Yana
Department département
Mathematics and Statistics - Thompson Rivers University
Organization id
1809
Institution établissement
Thompson Rivers University
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
100000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF10102; RDF2049908
Field of research list names en
Applied mathematics;Fluidization and fluid mechanics
Field of research list names fr
Mathématiques appliquées;Fluidisation et mécanique des fluides
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Applied Mathematics and Optimisation
Keywords
anomalous transport; random walk; immune system signalling; diffusion to target; narrow escape problem; first passage problem; reaction cascade; integro-differential operators; asymptotic ; analysis; fluid flow modelling; landfill gas flow; porous media-pipe flow coupling; anisotropy; gas collection efficiency; flow control and optimisation; mitigation of environmental concerns
Application summary
The program will address two inter-disciplinary themes: modelling of particle motility with special relevance to the immune system, and fluid flow underpinning landfill gas collection and control. Both systems' physical principles defy standard assumptions and hitherto have escaped conceptually accurate modelling with existing tools: particles in the immune system traverse media, whose intricate structure is difficult to capture mathematically; the landfill system combines several flow regimes, whose coupling creates non-trivial engineering complications. Novel analysis tools tailored to handle the peculiarities of these systems will be developed. Students will receive training in data analysis, scientific computation and visualization of results.
